Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

djgera wrote:

sure, because replace with the same file, you have already version 7.

Yes, Archboot iso already has gummiboot-efi-7, I meant that for Archiso release 2012.10.06 which has gummiboot-efi-6. Even with gummiboot v7 the problem does not seem to be solved. The issue seems to be present in all Asus machines.

Can you guys try refind-efi ? If that works atleast we will know if the problem is specific to gummiboot.

Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

here is how i did it:- download refind-efi-0.4.6-1-any.pkg.tar.xz from https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extr … /download/- Extract the file "\usr\lib\refind\refindx64.efi" and renaming it to bootx64.efi- Replacing it with [USB]/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi- Create a new file in the same directory ([USB]/EFI/boot/) called refind.conf- Add this to it

Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

here is how i did it:- download refind-efi-0.4.6-1-any.pkg.tar.xz from https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extr … /download/- Extract the file "\usr\lib\refind\refindx64.efi" and renaming it to bootx64.efi- Replacing it with [USB]/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi- Create a new file in the same directory ([USB]/EFI/boot/) called refind.conf- Add this to it

Replace the OLD file "bootx64.efi" in the directory "[USB]/EFI/boot/" with the NEW file "bootx64.efi" that you just extracted and renamed from "\usr\lib\refind\refindx64.efi".

Then make a NEW file named "refind.conf" in "[USB]/EFI/boot/" containing the listed stuff.

My sticking point is that the USB drive is read-only, and "cp" and "mv" and so forth refuse to change any files. I'm probably missing something obvious to experienced Linux hackers, but I'm very new at such hacking. So I'd appreciate any advice on how to move forward.

Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

AlanF00 wrote:

My sticking point is that the USB drive is read-only, and "cp" and "mv" and so forth refuse to change any files. I'm probably missing something obvious to experienced Linux hackers, but I'm very new at such hacking. So I'd appreciate any advice on how to move forward.

Chances are your USB drive is not mounted read-only, but that you need root access to write to it. I don't know what sort of system you're using to access the drive, but logging in as root or using "sudo" before each command (as in "sudo nano /boot/efi/EFI/boot/refind.conf" to edit the file with nano) should work.

If the drive really is mounted read-only, you should be able to fix it by using an explicit "rw" mount option, as in:

mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1 /boot/efi

Omit the "remount," part if it's not currently mounted, and change the mount point as necessary.

Finally, you can do this from another OS, if you're more comfortable with something else.

Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

srs5694 wrote:

Chances are your USB drive is not mounted read-only, but that you need root access to write to it. I don't know what sort of system you're using to access the drive, but logging in as root or using "sudo" before each command (as in "sudo nano /boot/efi/EFI/boot/refind.conf" to edit the file with nano) should work.

If the drive really is mounted read-only, you should be able to fix it by using an explicit "rw" mount option, as in:

mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1 /boot/efi

Omit the "remount," part if it's not currently mounted, and change the mount point as necessary.

Turns out it WAS mounted as read-only. I had to repartition the whole stick as FAT32, then make a FAT32 filesystem on it. I had used it for other things prior to this. Now I can write to it.

Earlier today someone posted his method of getting stuff to work with a UEFI bios, and I'm working my way through it. I've learned quite a bit already. I'm stuck at one point, though, and will soon post on that thread ( https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151773 ) what I've done so far.

Finally, you can do this from another OS, if you're more comfortable with something else.

You mean like I've been doing with Fedora? If not something like Fedora, what did you have in mind?

Re: [Solved] Archboot "2k12-R4" USB fails to boot

Finally, you can do this from another OS, if you're more comfortable with something else.

You mean like I've been doing with Fedora? If not something like Fedora, what did you have in mind?

Windows, OS X, OS/2, DOS, BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, etc.

Ah, I see. Well, the computer on which I'm running Fedora and trying to install ArchLinux is dedicated to playing with Linux and has no other OS's. The computer on which I'm typing this post is running Windows 7.

Both of these computers have new ASUS UEFI motherboards and Intel processors, so to move forward with anything but standard distros I'm going to have to thoroughly understand UEFI installation issues. My main goal here is not to install some Linux distro, but to come to know what I'm doing.

Eventually I'd like to become knowledgeable enough to run ONLY Linux on my machines.